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The American Vision
Chapter 2: Key Terms
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11th Grade
01/10/2010

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conquistador
Definition
Spanish for conquerer, the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas (p.52)
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presidio
Definition
fort built by the Spanish in the Americas (p.54)
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hidalgo
Definition
low-ranking nobles who came to America as conquistadore (p.54)
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encomienda
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system of rewarding conquistadors tracts of land, including the right to tax and exact labor from Native Americans (p.54)
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hacienda
Definition
a huge ranch (p.55)
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vaquero
Definition
men who herded cattle on haciendas (p.55)
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Northwest Passage
Definition
the mythical nothern water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean (p.55)
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coureurs de bois
Definition
French fur traders who lived among the Native Americans (p.56)
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Puritan
Definition
someone who wanted to purify the Angelican Church during the 1500's and 1600's (p.60)
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joint-stock company
Definition
form of buisness organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects (p.61)
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privateer
Definition
privately owned ship licensed by the govenment to attack ships of other countries (p.61)
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burgesses
Definition
representatives to the general assembly of the Virginia colony (p.64)
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headright
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system in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Viginia (p.64)
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proprietary colony
Definition
a colony owned by an individual (p.64)
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Separatist
Definition
a Puritan who broke away from the Angelical Church (p.66)
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Pilgrim
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a Separatist who journeyed to the American colonies in the 1600s for religious freedom (p.67)
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heretic
Definition
a dissenter from established church beliefs (p.69)
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pacifism
Definition
opposition of war or violence as a means of settling disputes (p.75)
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